Greta Thunberg bizarrely claims she DIDN'T KNOW her ‘Freedom Flotilla' crewmates had shown support for Hamas & Hezbollah
GRETA Thunberg claims she didn't now her "Freedom Flotilla" crewmates had shown support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
The 22-year-old activist told Swedish media she hadn't "heard about it or what this person has said".
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Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg (C) is greeted on arrival at Stockholm-Arlanda airport
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Thunberg looks stunned as she sits on a flight to Paris
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Thunberg with part of the crew of the ship headed to the Strip
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Upon being asked why she didn't know about the views of the people she was on the boat with, she said: "Because I haven't had a phone."
Greta was also challenged in questions from reporters on why she hadn't looked into the issue before setting off on the ship bound to Gaza.
She responded: "Should I ask exactly everyone what exactly they have said about everything?
"It would take some time."
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Thunberg, 22, was one of
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Brazilian activist Thiago Avila attended the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling the terrorist a "beloved" leader and a "martyr".
Avila said he was "very honoured" and "very happy" to attend, and described the funeral as something that "amazed him".
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He wrote that Nasrallah was an "important figure" who "inspired people all over the world".
Also on board was Yasemin Acar from Berlin, who reportedly danced as Iranian rockets rained down on Israel and once told a white woman at a protest: 'You're a white person, you shouldn't tell us what to do.'
Greta Thunberg's Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' boarded & seized by Israeli forces
French journalist Omar Faiad, of Al-Jazeera, sparked outrage for comparing the IDF to Nazis.
On X, he wrote: 'The Israeli army resembles the Nazi army,' and claimed: 'Israel is committing a new Holocaust in Gaza.'
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Rima Hassan, meanwhile, previously tweeted: 'Kfir, Ariel, and Shiri Bibas were killed by an Israeli attack,' despite Hamas being responsible for their abduction and deaths.
She was also seen at a protest where demonstrators chanted: 'We die for jihad.'
Greta was
Adalah, a legal rights group in Israel representing those on board, said Thunberg and two other activists and a journalist had
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Other activists refused deportation, were being held in detention, and their case was set to be heard by Israeli authorities.
Israel accused the group who were aboard the boat of
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Greta Thunberg was one of the 12 people aboard the vessel
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A photo posted on Telegram purportedly showing activists with their hands up on board the Madleen
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Gaza has been hammered by the IDF as it aims to wipe out Hamas
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The activists said they were protesting the ongoing war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
But Israel says such ships violate its naval blockade of Gaza.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that he had instructed the Israeli Defence Forces to screen footage of the 7 October attacks for the activists as soon as they arrive.
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The disturbing footage - titled "Bearing Witness" - shows innocent people being massacred and mutilated.
And all the footage was taken from the Hamas terrorists' body cams as they filmed their massacre.
But Greta and the other activists refused to watch the clips as soon as they were told about it, Katz told reporters.
The boat was carrying a "tiny amount of aid" on board - which will be sent to Gaza, officials said.
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Hamas branded the interception of the yacht as a "crime of piracy".
The group said in a statement that activists were on a "humanitarian mission aimed at breaking the siege on the Gaza Strip and exposing the crime of mass starvation."
The flotilla's latest voyage follows a failed attempt in May, when another of its vessels was struck by two drones in international waters off Malta.
The group accused Israel of being behind the attack.
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Despite the risks, activists aboard the Madleen attempted to enter Gaza's territorial waters on Sunday.
Who is on board the "Freedom Flotilla"?
Greta Thunberg
- Swedish climate activist
Rima Hassan
– French-Palestinian MEP
Yasemin Acar
– German activist
Thiago Avila
– Brazilian activist
Omar Faiad
– French journalist
Pascal Maurieras
– French activist
Yanis Mhamdi
– French reporter
Suayb Ordu
– Turkish activist
Sergio Toribio
– Spanish activist
Marco van Rennes
– Dutch activist
Reva Viard
– French activist
Liam Cunningham
- Irish Game of Thrones actor
Baptiste Andre
- French Physician
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